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  The Measure of All Things: The Seven-Year Odyssey and Hidden Error That Transformed the World (Paperback) By (author) Ken Alder

  

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  Short Description for The Measure of All ThingsAmidst the chaos of the French Revolution, two intrepid astronomers set out in opposite directions from Paris to measure the world, one voyaging north to Dunkirk, the other south to Barcelona. Their findings would help define the meter as one ten-millionth of the distance between the pole and the equator, a standard that has since swept the planet. The Measure of All Things is the astonishing stor...
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  • Publisher: FREE PR
  • Published: 01 September 2003
  • Format: Paperback 448 pages
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  • Categories: Mensuration & Systems Of Measurement | History Of Science | Geography | General & World History
  • ISBN 13: 9780743216760 ISBN 10: 0743216768

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• Amidst the chaos of the French Revolution, two intrepid astronomers set out in opposite directions from Paris to measure the world, one voyaging north to Dunkirk, the other south to Barcelona. Their findings would help define the meter as one ten-millionth of the distance between the pole and the equator, a standard that has since swept the planet. The Measure of All Things is the astonishing story of one of history's greatest scientific quests, a mission to measure the Earth and define the meter for all nations and for all time.